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Come listen and enjoy the Punch and Pie Jazz Concert, presented by the East Central University Department of Music, at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 6, in the Stanley Wagner Ballroom of ECU’s Memorial Student Union.

The concert, which is free and open to the public, will feature the Ada High School Jazz Ensemble, directed by Richard Howard; ECU Jazz Ensemble, directed by Kirk Palmer and Ada Jazz Orchestra.

“Fluid-Induced Earthquakes: Insights from Hydrogeology and Poro-mechanics,” will be the topic of discussion as Dr. Shemin Ge presents East Central University’s Birdsall-Dreiss Lecture set for Thursday, March 3, at 4 p.m. in the Estep Multimedia Center inside the Bill S. Cole University Center.

The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will offer an overview and physical insights of fluid-induced seismicity from hydrologic and poro-mechanics perspectives.

Twenty years after playing the role of Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof” at East Central University, Jamie Davis is back to do it again.

Davis, 46, will perform the role of the father of five daughters in the ECU Theatre and Music Department’s 2016 production of “Fiddler on the Roof,” set for March 3-5 at 7:30 p.m. each night at the Ataloa Theatre of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center.

The East Central University Theatre and Music Departments will present “Fiddler on the Roof,” March 3-5, in the Ataloa Theatre of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center.

The performances begin at 7:30 p.m. each night.

“Fiddler on the Roof” is set in 1905 pre-revolutionary Russia. The story centers on a philosophical milkman named Tevye, with his witted-tongued wife Golde and their five daughters – Tzeitel, Hodel, Chava, Sphrintze and Bielke.

Oklahoma Business Week, a one-of-a-kind, award-winning summer camp designed to expose high school students to the world of business, is set for June 5-9 at East Central University.

Camp participants, those who have completed grades 9-12, become part of a “company” and work together in various events and competitions. Meanwhile, they will have the opportunity to interact and learn from business leaders from across the nation.

ECU SCREENS continues the Foreign Film Festival with "PK" on Friday, Feb. 19, at 4 p.m. in the Raymond J. Estep Multimedia Center of the Bill S. Cole University Center.

ECU SCREENS is collaborating with Sigma Tau Delta and The Honors Student Association to show the heartfelt comedy "PK," a movie made in India. This “biting, whip-smart satire” (Los Angeles Times) is free and open to the public. The Asian Student Association will be selling chai and samosas before the screening.

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